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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
@fivethirtyeight tweeted that the earthquake was really shallow--6km underground--and that's why it traveled as far as it did. No idea if that's how it works, but that's what Nate Silver's saying, anyway.
I think it was deep, so it went further? Is that how it works?
Well, one of you is right.
Also, I love social media. We were like, in the office, WTF? And then Facebook blew up.
Yeah, my Feed exploded.
Certainly it must have to do with depth. I think Nate Silver is more likely to be right than me, frankly.
Any northern Va-istas on the board? I am sure she's fine, but my mom's phone is down so I can't reach her. Is the phone outage wide, or is it just Reston?
I'm sure it's just that the phone lines are overloaded.
We had it here in Western NY, too.
I have never left a building because of a quake. Am I stupid?
It sounds like people east of Atlanta felt it more than here, but some people in Atlanta in taller buildings are reporting they felt it. I didn't, and I assume Mr Peabody would have barked.
How cool!
Did the Liberty Bell ring?
Oops. Missed a decimal point. The USGS is saying the quake was 0.6 km deep (less than a mile): [link]
I have never left a building because of a quake. Am I stupid?
I'm guessing LA buildings are slightly more earhtquake-proof than East Coast ones. (I also don't know if leaving the building is the smart thing to do vs staying put, but I can understand the impulse.)